re: Can the Baton Rouge region become more economically competitive with St. George?

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that alone would be a major positive for EBR. you're never going to be a place companies will locate under the current paradigm

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That's my thinking. If the St. George city school district can get off the ground and put itself on a competitive path.....this could be a HUGE positive for East Baton Rouge and the entire capital area as a whole.

Even if the state of Louisiana continues to flounder, keeping more middle class people closer to the major employers instead of pushing them out towards the far ends of the metro area is a net positive.

Maybe the Baton Rouge region can position itself as a decent alternative for corporate re-locations with a competitive school district a stone's throw away from the major white collar business centers on Essen, Bluebonnet, etc.